Backfill · 2024
#183 of 363Handwritten Lecture Notes
Press shot of an open notebook with handwritten lecture notes in blue ink, arrows connecting concepts across the page, small diagrams in the margins, the notebook lying on a wooden desk beside a capped pen.
I keep writing my lecture notes by hand even though everyone around me types on laptops. The slower pace is the reason, not the obstacle. My pen moves at maybe 25 words per minute compared to 60 on a keyboard. That speed difference forces me to listen and decide what matters before I write it down. Pages get wrinkled. Margins fill up with arrows and little diagrams that connect ideas across the page. Looking at those pages later brings back the lecture unlike scrolling through typed notes. A notebook with thick enough paper that my pen doesn't bleed through is all I need. The ones with cream-colored sheets work best.